Assistant Professor in Music Education

The School of Music in the College of the Arts seeks an Assistant Professor in Music Education with a specialty in instrumental music education. The successful candidate will specialize in secondary instrumental music education and join an active team of music teacher educators and researchers who seek to expand the possibilities for music education.

The University of Florida College of the Arts intends to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. As artists and scholars, we embrace the complexity of our evolving human experience and seek to empower our students and faculty to shape that experience fearlessly through critical study, creative practice, and provocation. We seek a colleague who identifies as a change-maker. We seek a colleague who will prepare students to access and unsettle centers of power of any ideology in a radically changing world. We seek a colleague who will position emerging artists and researchers as catalysts for justice on local and global levels.

The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution dedicated to building a broadly diverse and inclusive faculty, seeking faculty of all races, ethnicities, genders, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. 

This position is covered by the United Faculty of Florida Contract.  You can view this employment union contract here https://hr.ufl.edu/manager-resources/employee-relations/union-contracts/united-faculty-of-florida-contract/.  

Responsibilities:  

• Teach instrumental and secondary-focused undergraduate music education classes, and other undergraduate and graduate music education classes based on candidate expertise and program needs.
• Observe and supervise student teachers.
• Chair graduate student thesis and dissertation committees.
• Maintain an active national scholarly profile in areas of specialization, consistent with the expectation of tenure and promotion.
• Actively engage with the K-12 music education community across the state of Florida.
• Participate in shared governance through service to the School, College, and University.

SCHOOL OF MUSIC: Organized within the College of the Arts, the School of Music plays an important role in the academic and cultural life of the University, the College’s Creative Campus initiative and the community. The School has 40 full-time and nine adjunct faculty, serving some 200 graduate and 200 undergraduate music majors. Degree programs include B.A., B.M., M.M., D.M.A., and the Ph.D. in music education, composition, ethnomusicology, and historical musicology. Program emphases include performance, music education, theory, composition, music history and literature, ethnomusicology, conducting, and sacred music. The School of Music is also home to the UF Bands program, which includes “The Pride of the Sunshine” Gator Marching Band. School of Music facilities include the School of Music Building and Steinbrenner Band Hall, among others.  The University of Florida is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. For more information, visit www.arts.ufl.edu/music.

THE COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: The mission of the College of the Arts is to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond.  We achieve the university’s mission by training professionals and educating students as artists and scholars, while developing their capacities for critical study, creative practice, and provocation.  The College offers baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degrees. Approximately 1,700 students are pursuing majors in degrees offered by the College of the Arts under the direction of 135 faculty members in its three accredited schools— the School of Art + Art History, the School of Music, and the School of Theatre + Dance, and in the Center for Arts in Medicine, the Digital Worlds Institute, and the Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship. In addition, the college comprises the University Galleries, and the University level of the New World School of the Arts in Miami. 

The University of Florida: The University of Florida is a comprehensive learning institution built on a land grant foundation, ranked one of the top five best public universities in the nation in U.S. News & World Report. We are The Gator Nation, a diverse community dedicated to excellence in education and research and shaping a better future for Florida, the nation, and the world. Our mission is to enable our students to lead and influence the next generation and beyond for economic, cultural, and societal benefit. UF is a graduate research institution with more than 50,000 students and membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities. Gainesville, which is consistently ranked as one of the nation’s most livable cities, is located midway between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Together, the University and the community comprise the educational, medical and cultural center of North Central Florida, with outstanding resources such as the University of Florida Performing Arts (Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, the Squitieri Studio Theatre, the Baughman Center, University Auditorium), the Harn Museum of Art, the Florida Museum of Natural History and in the community, the Hippodrome State Theatre and Dance Alive National Ballet.

In addition to salary, the University of Florida (UF) offers low cost State Health plans, a number of Dental plans to fit you and your family’s needs, and Vision. Domestic partner coverage through GatorCare is also available. Optional plans such as life, disability, legal and accident insurance are also available.

UF provides a variety of leave programs including sick leave and 11 paid holidays. 9 month faculty accrue approximately 10 sick days annually. UF also provides you the flexibility to deal with life’s challenges by offering paid family leave, eight full weeks of leave over a 24-month period.

Build a retirement roadmap with competitive pension plans, investment accounts and a host of voluntary add-ons, such as 457 deferred compensation and 403(b) plans.

UF Employees are also eligible for the GatorPerks discount program, which provides big savings at various business and retailers!

Explore UF’s plethora of benefit options here: FACULTY Benefits

$60,000 with a comprehensive and highly competitive leave and benefits package

The successful candidate must meet all of the following:

• PhD (or equivalent) in music education.
• At least three years of successful instrumental music teaching experience in K-12 school settings.
• Specialized pedagogical content knowledge of teaching string and/or band instruments in a K-12 setting.
  Collegiate teaching experience, including work as a graduate teaching assistant and/or instructor of record.
• Potential for scholarly achievement in the field at a national level, in alignment with the unit’s tenure and promotion criteria.
• Evidence of successful collaboration and collegiality with faculty, students, and staff.
• Evidence of skill in designing and facilitating academic work that advances curiosity, inclusion, open intellectual discourse.

The successful candidate will meet some of the following:

• Teaching experience beyond the graduate assistantship at the university level, ideally as instructor of record for undergraduate and/or graduate courses.
• Experience in “sound before sign” pedagogies for instrumental music learning, culturally responsive teaching, Understanding by Design, and/or Universal Design for Learning.
• Knowledge of and experience in teaching modern band, arranging and composition, music theory, and/or music technology within the context of a music education course.
• Demonstrated record of scholarship including publications, conference presentations, and other appropriate activities.
• Demonstrated capacity for effective engagement in recruitment.
• Interest in online teaching and learning.

Application Deadline: Review of applications will begin November 25, 2024 and continue until an applicant pool is established. To ensure full consideration, all application documents must be submitted by November 24, 2024.  Applications received after this date may be considered at the discretion of the committee and/or hiring authority. 

Application Process: Applications must be submitted via the University of Florida’s online application system at LINK (when available).  Online applications must include the following: (1) a detailed letter of application that explains how you match the particular qualifications of this position and how your work and perspective will contribute to and enhance our transformative community; (2) a curriculum vitae; (3) One 30-minute video of you teaching a collegiate course in music education. Provide a brief description of the context in which the material was taught; and (4) names and contact information of three professional references. The UF system will give you the option to upload letters of reference. We are not requiring letters of reference with initial application materials. Please ignore that option. The Search Committee may request additional materials at a later time, including a statement of teaching philosophy, a scholarly writing sample, and letters of reference.

Inquiries may be sent to:
Dr. Megan Sheridan
Chair, Ast Prof in Music Ed Search
Email: mmsheridan@ufl.edu

The selected candidate will be required to provide an official transcript to the hiring department upon hire. A transcript will not be considered “official” if a designation of “Issued to Student” is visible. Degrees earned from an educational institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES).

If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call +1 (352) 392- 2477or the Florida Relay System at +1 (800) 955-8771 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.